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This is a course for club players based on a textbook by a distinguished Russian chess trainer Victor Golenishchev. The source material is supplemented with examples of play by lead chess players from the latest major contests and is organized in chess lessons.

The course is designed for 1 year and contains 75 lessons, including theoretical material and practical exercises. The theoretical part includes more than 400 examples of play. The practical part includes more than 200 exercises of varying difficulty.

The course allows you to:• Study the theoretical material and test your knowledge• See changes in your rating• Keep track of your progress• Play against computer starting with a set position• Print exercises

1. Attacking the king in the center2. Attacking the king when both sides castle to the same flank3. The calculation mistakes4. Training the technique of calculation5. The "good" and the "bad" bishops6. The bishop is stronger than the knight7. The knight is stronger than the bishop8. The bishops of opposite color in the middlegame9. Bringing a piece out of play10. Exploiting the open and semi-open files11. Open and semi-open files and attacking the king12. An outpost on an open or semi-open file13. Fighting for an open file14. Strong pawn center15. Undermining the pawn center16. Pieces against the pawn center17. Pieces and pawns in the center18. The center's role in flank operations19. Two bishops in the middlegame20. Two bishops in the endgame21. Successful struggle against a bishop pair22. The weak points in opponent's camp23. The weakness of a complex of squares24. About some strong points25. The pawn weaknesses26. The doubled pawns27. A retarded pawn on a semi-open file28. A passed pawn29. Queen vs. two rooks30. Queen vs. Rook and a minor piece31. The queen vs. the three minor pieces32. Compensation for the queen33. Two rooks vs. three minor pieces34. Two minor pieces vs. Rook (with pawns) 35. The rook vs. the minor piece and two pawns36. Compensation for the rook37. The minor piece vs. the three pawns38. Compensation for a minor piece39. The learning positions40. Geometry of the chessboard. The "shoulder charging" technique41. The endings with the passed pawns for both sides42. The breakthrough43. A better deployment of pawns44. The reserve tempi45. The activity of the king46. Obtaining the pawn endgame as a method of realization of a material or a positional advantage47. About the study composition. Some study ideas in practice48. Learning positions49. Control of the seventh rank50. Using the open file51. The endgames with the passed pawns52. The activity in the rook endings53. Exploiting the pawn weaknesses54. Some resources of the defense55. Realization of a material advantage56. Realization of a positional advantage57. Some rook studies